GOOD WORK ON THE PATEA WATERFRONT.
Wanganui, Juiy 5. A tfibutfe to the watersiders at Patea was paid by the secretary of the South Taranaki iShipping Co.) Ltd., (Mr. g; w. Coi'bfett), who wUs giiest speaker ift thfe Hawera Rotary Club. At Patea the work of loading and discharging the vessel was done under a contract system, he said. There was no loafing on the job, and the rate of loading had beeii kept at a liigh level by the men without any hardship to themselves. Before the introduction of the contract S3rstem in 1939, the loading ra'te was 200 fefates an hbUr. Tbday, the highest rate was 538 erates an hour, makiiig it pbSSiblfe fbf a Ship to arrivean port, load and depart on the same tide. - /
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 5
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